jog

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

jog [jog jogs jogged jogging] verb, noun BrE [dʒɒɡ] NAmE [dʒɑːɡ]
verb (-gg-)
1. (also go jogging)intransitive to run slowly and steadily for a long time, especially for exercise
•I go jogging every evening.
2. transitive ~ sth/sb to hit sth lightly and by accident
Syn: ↑nudge
•Someone jogged her elbow, making her spill her coffee.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): variant of jag ‘stab, pierce or prick’.

Example Bank:
•She decided to go jogging each morning.
•She was jogging on the spot to keep warm.
•They jogged steadily up the hill.
•He jogged down the path and into the lane.
•He jogged off in the direction of the lake.
•She usually jogs around her local park.
•They jogged slowly down the hill.
Idiom: ↑jog somebody's memory
Derived: ↑jog along
 
noun singular
1. a slow run, especially one done for physical exercise
•I like to go for a jog after work.
2. a light push or knock

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): variant of jag ‘stab, pierce or prick’.

Example Bank:
•I began at a slow jog and gradually increased my pace.

 
Syn: ↑nudge

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nudge, trot, lope, clip, square up, even up, ramble on, ramble